September 11th
‘Nine’ and ‘eleven,’ two numbers that have changed the present and future of the world.
It was a beautiful Tuesday morning in September. Two hijacked planes were intentionally crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and thousands of innocent people were slaughtered. This dark day brought to light a clash of civilizations that has been brewing for close to four millennia. 9/11 underlined for America and the world that there were people one this planet who would do anything to kill people unlike themselves, who would slit the throats of infidels and blow up their own babies for an evilly distorted version of a ‘god’ created in their own hateful image. It is the responsibility for God-fearing people everywhere to obliterate such evil.
Ki Tavo: Boys Will Be Men
Today’s war must be waged with a powerful moral vision. It is not just a defensive war against terrorist attacks; it is an offensive battle for the ambitious vision of a world that will live in peace, while respecting the diversity of nations, cultures and faiths.
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Nitzavim-Vayeilech: We Don’t Control the Weather
End of the year thoughts about leaving behind our comfort zones and approaching the new year with a renewed approach.
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Eikev: Blackout
A personal message about the value of reflecting during the period after the 15th of Av when “the power of the sun” begins to weaken.
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Simchat Torah: Absolute Passion in the Face of Complacency
As we enter the climax of the High Holiday season we are challenged to ask ourselves: What do we stand for, what do we fight for? Movingly discussed here…
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The Wilderness & the Torah
Teaching from the Alter Rebbe which highlight the significance of receiving the Torah in the desert and how this is a lesson for our daily lives..
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Pinchas: The Best Way to Commemorate September 11
As we begin to commemorate the tragic events of September 11, we are also entering an important period of Jewish mourning: The beginning of the Three Weeks.
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Yom Kippur: Nine Eleven & Ten
Commemorating 9/11 elucidates the significance in the numbers themselves: “Ten sefirot of nothingness, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven.”
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Tisha B’Av: Pain and Pleasure: The Birth of the Future in the Belly of the Beast
Tisha B’av at the Western Wall: Do we see the light at the end of the tunnel? will we have the courage and strength to solve the problem at its root?
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Purim: Middle East Revisited
Perhaps the most intriguing, and definitely the most mysterious, character in the Purim Megilah is King Achashverosh, the Persian leader who ruled the world
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Skyscraper – Where Heaven Meets Earth
At Mt. Sinai, the physical and spiritual worlds merged. The NYC skyline shows a man-made version of this, yet reminds us of the fragility of man’s work.
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